Does anyone think that Wal-Mart might pick up old Winn-Dixie and Bi- Lo stores to expand their base of Neighborhood Market stores? If Wal-Mart is interested...
One thing with the NM concept: It can get past the regulators a lot easier than a SC can. Especailly in California. They may pick up old locations, which...
Although Ahold has said it wants to sell Bi-lo& Bruno's, which are weak performers, and that Tops might be next on the chopping block if they dont get out of...
... lot easier ... I'm not sure ... Curious to know what your thinking is on this. I've only been to a couple of Neighborhood Markets and they were close to...
They were largely neglected through the mid-to-late 60s and lost market share, esp. in Dayton, although they did upgrade and replace the distribution facility...
A&P's pattern seems to be selling off the chain peie by piece. the logical thing for them to do is to continue on this course and stick with their profitable...
... That's a common trend with department stores. It seems the name change happens as they "mature." Consider: F.W. Woolworth Co. --> Woolworth's E.J....
In California, WM has been hitting a lot of resistance to the SuperCenter idea. They can put in traditional grocers, bypassing a lot of the regulatory stuff...
I'll have to get it another time, as I was sort of reluctant to drag my camera into the mall. Digital cameras are quiet enough to get pics, but it's still a...
That's interesting. Are there any chain grocery stores in CA that are non-union? That concept of a stand alone WM grocery store would be harder to defeat, with...
There is one quasi-non-union chain, Save Mart. Some stores are union, others aren't. To the best of my knowledge there is only ONE active SuperCenter in ...
... Bi- ... existing ... article ... WM has been slower to bring the NM concept to a national rollout than was initially anticipated. Obviously the NM is an...
At the end of last year, WM underperformed its earnings prediction because people were buying their low margin items (like food). The neighborhood market would...
I agree with your statements on W-D. They have nothing to really go back to, they can't beat Wal-Mart on price, they can't beat anyone on quality (they may be...
... If it's the same US Factory Outlets I'm thinking of, it's basically just a dump of garbage within an old store. Most of it was clothing, and some other...
Does anyone know if Macy's originated as a store founded by Jewish immigrants? I know very little about the history of Macy's. Someone please fill me in. Stop...
A&P's Philly, Baltimeore, and Detroit/Michigan divsions are the most problematic. Taking Farmer Jack to an EDLP method hasn't worked, and getting rid of the...
... A&P's Philadelphia area stores have been in a slump for a very long time. Mor many years, until the late 1990's, Super Fresh were operating in buildings...
Sheetz is still expanding in VA, new store being built near me in Radford,VA off 1/81. Located near a new regional hospital and Radford U. I was not aware of...
... <terry@k...> ... most ... buildings), ... Superfresh also has their stores (at least the ones near me) in strange places. Some don't face a major road,...
I hadn't known that Farmer Jack was converted away from the card. I wonder why they haven't tried this with the Super Fresh division. It would help them out...
I'll say I don't see them going anywhere either. They couldn't win location battles, they couldn't win price battles, they just can't win at anything, other...
Sheetz has a good business model, and it seems to be working as they move up and down the eastern seaboard. Maybe someone can tell me this, but have they...
My brother is a Sheetz store manager, and so I get to hear lots of interesting information about Sheetz. From what I understand, Sheetz is aiming to move away...
Terry Knab wrote... ... <snip> What gets me is who the top two supermarket chains are in the New Orleans area -- W-D and A&P (Sav-A-Center). That region,...
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